Quote Originally Posted by frugal-one View Post
Just read this ... Titled: Portland wants agents to leave

Constitutional law experts said Monday the federal officers' actions are a "red flag" in what could become a test case of states' rights as the Trump administration expands its federal policing into other cities.

"it is a standard move of authoritarians to use the pretext of quelling violence to bring in force, thereby prompting a violent response and then bootstrapping the initial use of force in the first place," said Michael Dorf, a professor of constitutional law at Cornell University.

Portland's Democratic mayor said federal officers "are not wanted here." "We haven't asked them here. In fact, we want them to leave, " Ted Wheeler said.

President Donald Trump said he plans to send federal agents to other cities as well. The Chicano Tribune, citing anonymous sources reported Monday that Trump planned to deploy 150 federal agents to Chicago. The article goes on......

"I have talked to the mayor of Portland (and) we don't need federal agents without any insignia taking people off the street and holding them, I think, unlawfully," Lightfoot added.

Top leaders in the US House said Sunday they were "alarmed" by the Trump administration's tactics in Portland and other cities. They've called on federal inspectors general to investigate.
I don't know about that, Federal officers have operated in cities for years and years. US Marshalls are tasked with policing Federal courthouses, my city's local Federal Reserve facility has federal officers tasked with providing security on its premises, US Park Service officers are responsible for security of federal monuments, etc. These are the same people everyone's talking about in Portland, probably with reinforcements from other areas, but the same organizations none-the-less.

To suggest that they shouldn't be allowed or that it is improper for them to do their jobs seems silly.